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WIRED: The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe
February 18, 2025
DOGE’s critics—including Democratic lawmakers, federal employee unions, and government watchdog groups—argue that giving the office’s young, controversial, and seemingly largely unvetted staffers access to sensitive government data constitutes a major privacy breach. The incidents represent “the largest and most consequential breach of personal information in US history,” according to John Davisson, a lawyer for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, one of the groups suing to block DOGE’s access.
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